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Was Anna Nicole planning a wedding?

Was Anna Nicole Smith planning to legally wed her lawyer-lover Howard K. Stern? In a new interview with "Entertainment Tonight" and "The Insider," Howard says he and the late model had scheduled their nuptials for Feb. 27. (Their September commitment ceremony was purely symbolic.)"We were going to make everything legally binding in less than two weeks," Howard says. Interesting choice of words. Read More

Petula Clark heads ‘Downtown’

Petula Clark is coming to San Francisco this weekend to sing her big hit songs, and it’s a pretty big deal."This will be the first time, as far as I can remember," she said in a recent phone interview from Wales, a stop on her current concert tour.Although she clearly remembers being in the Bay Area, appearing in productions of the musicals "Blood Brothers" and "Sunset Boulevard," she admits she doesn’t always recall where she has performed. Read More

S.F. Asian American Film Festival goes silver

Film festivals today are dime a dozen. In fact, there are well over a thousand in the world. San Francisco, however, has not one but two of the really significant festivals,and this year is of special importance for both, and for their participants and audiences. The San Francisco International Film Festival, the nation's oldest, will mark the half-century mark in April. Before that, in March, the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival will unspool its 25th annual edition. Read More

Barantschik takes the lead

San Francisco Symphony’s versatile concertmaster Alexander Barantschik will move from his usual role as the orchestra’s first officer to act as commander-in-chief in concerts this week in San Francisco and Cupertino. Read More

Britney’s ex dishes on her wild sex life

After dumping Britney Spears via cell phone, as Scoop! reported last week, Isaac Cohen wasted no time cashing in on their connection. The publicity-hungry model blabbed to a British tabloid about Britney’s naughtiest sex secrets and deepest insecurities. "She loves sex and is incredibly adventurous," announced the tattling ex. "She was totally happy when we were locked in each other’s arms. But once the sex stopped, Britney was like a little girl lost, unable to cope." Read More

Creativity Explored artists get ‘Naked’

"Naked" constitutes a first for many of the artists working out of Creativity Explored, a nonprofit art facility that, since 1983, has provided people with developmental disabilities — cerebral palsy, autism, Down syndrome, mental illness — with a space to learn, create, exhibit and sell their work. Read More

What the stars were saying at the Grammys

The buzz leading up to the 49th Annual Grammy Awards centered around The Police reuniting to perform on the show. And while the trio rocked the house, it was the Dixie Chicks who had everyone talking as they snagged the top honors for Record and Song of The Year ("Not Ready to Make Nice") and Album of the Year ("Taking the Long Way"). Carrie Underwood (Best New Artist, Best Female Country Performance) Read More

The Picasso Effect in America

On its way from Minneapolis’ Walker Art Center and New York’s Whitney Museum, "Picasso and American Art" is scheduled to arrive at the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco on Feb. 23. What does Málaga-born, lifelong Parisian Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Crispín Crispiniano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso López (yes, that was his full name) have to do with American art? When it comes to the 20th century, an awful lot. Read More

Anna Nicole Smith: The aftermath

The sudden, shocking death of Anna Nicole Smith on Thursday has left a tangled web of questions. Initial autopsy results were inconclusive as to the cause of death. Now a bartender at the Hard Rock, where Anna was staying, offers a new clue.Reportedly, the bartender says the model and reality star was pounding double shots hours before she died: "Her eyes were droopy. It looked like she was really drunk. She was slurring her speech. … She was wasted, out of her mind." Read More

‘Hedda’ is a female Hamlet on steroids

"Good God — people don’t do such things!" That’s the last line of Henrik Johan Ibsen’s "Hedda Gabler," capping an intriguing, tragic story, which is exactly about the things people do. The classic 1890 play, coming to the American Conservatory Theater on Valentine’s Day, is one of the great Norwegian playwright’s many masterpieces of compelling drama with searing insights into the human heart and condition. Read More
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